An error by Met shortstop Wilmer Flores in the top of the 4th
inning led to a 3 run inning, the Nationals come from behind to beat the Mets 8-2.
It was Jacob deGrom vs Stephen Strasburg.
The Mets got first blood in the bottom of the first inning on back to back
doubles by Flores and Kevin Plawecki and an RBI single by Curtis Granderson and
it was 2-0 Mets. In the 3rd
after Denard Span walked, Flores error opened the door for the Nats. Jason Werth hit an RBI single to make it
2-1. Ryan Zimmerman hit a sac-fly to tie
the game at 2. Werth then scored on a fielder’s
choice by Wilson Ramos. To that point
deGrom had only allowed 1 hit. In the top of the 6th the Nats scored
twice more. Yunel Escobar singled and went to 3rd on a double by
Bryce Harper. Zimmerman brought home
Escobar with an infield single and Wilson Ramos made it 5-2 with an RBI single
to center. Erik Goeddel came in
relief. After a walk Juan Lagares ended
the inning catching a fly by Danny Espinosa and throwing out Zimmerman trying
to tag up. It was the 2nd straight shaky outing for deGrom. He went
5 2/3’s allowing 5 hits, 5 runs (3 earned) 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. deGrom takes the loss falling to 2-3. Strasburg gets the win improving to 2-2. Goeddel, Sean Gilmartin, Buddy Carlyle followed
deGrom. Carlyle allowed 3 hits in the 9th and was relieved with the
bases juiced and one out with rookie lefty Jack Leathersich. Bryce Harper greeting Leathersich with a 3 run
double to put the game out of reach (The runs were charged to Carlyle.) Offensively
for the Mets Lucas Duda went 2 for 3; Escobar had 3 hits for the Nationals. With
the loss the Mets drop their first game at home in 2015 snapping their 10 game
winning streak now standing at 10-1.
Overall the Mets are 15-8 and have dropped 5 out of their last 7. Friday night is game two of the series and it
looks to be a terrific match-up. Matt
Harvey (4-0 3.04) goes for the Mets, Max Scherzer (1-1 1.71) goes for the Nats.
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